Britain's Airlines Vol 3

The third in Guy Halford-MacLeod's series on the history of
independent airlines in Britain after the Second World War,
battling against ever-changing government policies, this
wellorganised book takes us from Harold Wilson's first
administration through the Thatcher years, to the surprising
acceptance of Open Skies within the European Community.
Britain's Airlines focuses on the airlines, their managers,
the aircraft they flew, and the conditions they contended
with for survival. Guy Halford-MacLeod explains how the
airlines made and remade themselves, ducking and diving in a
slippery and difficult ring; and records the exploits of
some well-known heavy-weights, Freddie Laker, Lord King, and
Richard Branson. There are unfamiliar slants on the stories
of the time, and this readable book offers both structure
and expert analysis of the complex issues which faced the
airlines and their regulators.